题目
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I hadn’t realized how many misconceptions I had about the lifestyle of a world-class musician. Such a life is not as great as it appears. In fact, some aspects are extremely tedious. Hours and hours are spent waiting. The musicians wait for their transportation; they wait for the sound check; they wait to perform. After the show, they wait for the crowds of fans to go away.
When the musicians are not waiting, they are traveling. Sometimes the travel itself can seem attractive and exciting, with the limousines（豪华轿车） and the first-class seats on the plane. However, even these luxuries cannot make up for long, boring hours on the road or in the air. Basic needs are all but ignored. Late-night shows and early wake-up calls make them know the preciousness of sleep. The demanding travel itineraries（行程） and show schedules make regular meals impossible.
In spite of the sacrifices, life on tour has its advantage, at least for the talent. A support team generally travels with the band, with at least one person dedicated to meeting the musicians’ needs at all times. The musicians are expected to perform at the shows, but they are not expected to manage any detail of their lives. When I was with the band, I poured glasses of grapefruit juice, made sandwiches, prepared dressing rooms, and performed all kinds of routine work, such as buying toothpaste and getting money from the ATM. In addition, efforts are made by promoters to keep the musicians happy. Most places offer private dressing rooms for the musicians. There is also usually a green room, a room that is large with comfortable furnishings where the band can visit with friends and family while waiting to go on stage. Before the band goes on, their families and friends file out into the auditorium and find their seats. The house lights go dark and curtain rises. When the lights flash on and the band starts playing, the scene is magical. A behind-the-scenes view makes the experience even more spectacular.
小题1:The underlined world in paragraph 2 probably means _____.
| A．exciting | B．boring | C．reasonable | D．ridiculous |
| A．good arrangements always make the trips comfortable and pleasant |
| B．most musicians would rather travel long distance than wait |
| C．most musicians ignore their basic needs because the travel is too luxurious |
| D．the lack of sleep and irregular meals seem to be a part of the life of musicians |
| A．Behind the Scene. | B．Hard Life of Musicians. |
| C．My Part-time Job. | D．How to Make Musicians Happy. |
答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:A
解析
试题分析：本文叙述了作者亲眼所见的明星音乐家的幕后的生活，使自己大开眼界，同时也看到了自己以前对他们的错误的认识。作者感到这些音乐家的虽然坐着豪华的车，坐着头等仓的飞机，但是他们缺乏睡眠还有吃饭没有规律。
小题1:词义猜测题。根据Such a life is not as great as it appears.和 Hours and hours are spent waiting.B
小题2:推理判断题。根据Late-night shows and early wake-up calls make them know the preciousness of sleep. The demanding travel itineraries（行程） and show schedules make regular meals impossible.缺乏睡眠和没有规律的吃饭似乎是一个音乐家的生活的一部分，故选D。
小题3:主旨大意题。根据A behind-the-scenes view makes the experience even more spectacular.及全文的内容主要叙述了作者看到的幕后的情况，故选A。
点评：句意猜测该题型主要考查考生根据上下文推测词义和语义的能力，突出考查根据上下文语境的分析和把握能力。考查内容主要有猜测某个生词、熟词生义、短语或句子的意思以及猜测代词的指代等。
核心考点
试题【Once you’ve tasted the joy and freedom of an all-access backstage pass, sitting 】；主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
举一反三
It is documented fact that sunshine (or lack of it) plays a major role in how each of us meets the day. It also affects how we perform at school or work. When people are derived of sunlight, they can develop seasonal affective disorder, which makes it difficult for them to feel happy or get things accomplished. No major city in the United States is more affected by the “sunshine factor” than Seattle.
To fight drizzle and fog during the winter months, Steve Murphy created a business that is very popular among the locals. The Indoor Sun Shoppe is more than a little ray of sunshine during the gray days of Seattle’s winter. His shop offers a huge source of plants and artificial lighting for people who are trying to overcome seasonal affective disorder.
Located in Fremont, Washington, The Indoor Sun Shoppe has an amazing collection of exotic plants and “good bugs” in a humid and well-lit environment. At The Indoor Sun Shoppe, you can spend up to $400 for artificial lighting that will chase away the winter blues. It will also keep your plants healthy. You can buy a dawn simulator that will gradually fill your room with a warming wake-up glow. What better way to meet a Seattle morning when real sunshine is nothing more than a happy thought!
Murphy’s in-home waterfalls are also popular with customers. But his plants and lights remain the “main course.” On a cloudy winter day, The Indoor Sun Shoppe is a bright spot in Seattle!
小题1:Which of the following statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
| A．Seattle is located in the state of Washington. |
| B．Citizens love Seattle for their colorful city lives. |
| C．Sunshine in Seattle is rare during the winter months. |
| D．People who live in Seattle are used to the sunshine absence. |
| A．mild temperature and a general feeling of illness caused by gray winter |
| B．exhaustion, depression and lack of energy caused by a lack of sunlight |
| C．winter-related illness caused by the low temperature and little sunlight |
| D．post-holiday depression that comes when relatives leave after Christmas |
| A．attracts people from different parts of the whole country |
| B．aims to create a humid and well-lit environment during winter months |
| C．brings only a little ray of sunshine during the gray days of Seattle’s winter |
| D．offers variety of goods helping people overcome seasonal affective disorder |
| A．An alarm clock stimulated by the light rays of early morning. |
| B．A bringer of indoor artificial sunshine when there is none outside. |
| C．An automatic waterfall system helping make indoor plants healthy. |
| D．A better way to meet a Seattle morning with real warming sunshine. |
In early grade school they 14 their notes. But as children grow older they becomes self-conscious(有自我意识的), and 15 he reached high school, my older son, Marc, informed me he no longer 16 my daily notes. Telling him that he no longer needed to 17 them but I still needed to write them, I 18 until the day he graduated.
Six years after high school graduation, Marc called and asked if he could move 19 for a couple of months. He had spent those years well, graduating from college, 20 two internship (实习) in Washington, D.C., and 21 , becoming a technical assistant in Sacramento, 22 short vacation visits, however, he had lived away from home. With his younger sister leaving for college, I was 23 happy to have Marc back. Since I was 24 making lunch for his younger brother, I 25 one for Marc, too. Imagine my 26 when I got a call from my 24-year-old son, 27 his lunch.
“Did I do something 28 ? Don’t you love me 29 ,Mom?” were just a few of the questions he threw at me as I 30 asked him what was wrong. “My note, Mom,” he answered. “Where’s my note?”
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He was in an unfit shirt, 38 pale and weak. He looked about eleven or twelve. No sooner39 begun to speak than he opened the box in his hand and took out the tools of shoe-polishing. He bent down, 40 my leather shoes, and began to shine them.
He was concentrating on his job when heavy rain began to pour 41 . People rushed into the cafe for protection from the 42 . More and more people crowded in and gradually 43 the boy from me.
Hours passed, and 44 turned dark. I had no shoes on my feet and wondered 45 the boy had been. I thought he would not 46 my leather shoes, and I would have to walk back home on 47 in the night.
When it was near midnight the rain 48 , people started to go out. The cafe 49
Closed. I had to move to the door, I was surprised to see the boy sleeping on the floor with his head leaning 50 a box. He held a package made of his shirt tightly in his arms.
I 51 him slightly and woke him up. He jumped up and rubbed his eyes for a while before he 52 me. Then he opened the 53 hurriedly, gave me my leather shoes, and apologized to me shyly.
I paid him and wrapped around him his unfit shirt, which 54 my leather shoes.
After saying goodbye to the boy, I was 55 home, with the image of the boy staying in my mind.
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Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft ware, programming computers at age 13.In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft"s president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates" foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities, including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
小题1:Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?
| A．At public elementary school. | B．At the private Lakeside School. |
| C．At Harvard University. | D．At Microsoft Company. |
| A．To change school. | B．To spend all his energies to Microsoft. |
| C．To find a full-time job. | D．To earn money. |
| A．Meeting with people. |
| B．Travelling around the world. |
| C．E-mailing some friends. |
| D．Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees. |
| A．gave. | B．earned. | C．made. | D．received. |
Money was tight, as well as time．Often when my children were little, one of them would want something that cost too much, and I" d have to say, “Do you see a money tree outside? Money doesn"t grow on trees, you now．”
Finally, all five got through high school and college and were off on their own．
One spring morning, on Mother"s Day, I was working in my kitchen．Suddenly, I realized that cars were tooting their horns as they drove by．I looked out the window and there was a new tree, planted right in my yard．I thought it must be a weeping willow, because I saw things blowing around on all its branches．Then I put my glasses on－and I couldn"t believe what I saw．
There was a money tree in my yard!
I went outside to look．It was true! There were dollar bills, one hundred of them, taped all over that tree．Think of" all the garden flowers I could buy with one hundred dollars! There was also a note attached: ‘‘IOU eight hours of digging time．Love, Marvin．"
Marvin kept his promise, too．He dug up a nice ten－by－fifteen foot bed for me And my other children bought me tools, ornaments , a trellis（格架）, a sunflower stepping stone and gardening books．
That was three years ago．My garden"s now very pretty, just like I wanted．When I go out and tend my flowers, I don"t seem to miss my children as much as I once did．I feel like they"re right there with me．
I"m still not sure that money grows on trees．But I know love does!
小题1:Why did the mother say "Money doesn"t grow on trees"? .
| A．She wanted them not to spend extra money |
| B．She was too sad to say anything else |
| C．She told them a truth on money |
| D．she just played a joke with them |
| A．She is a bad-tempered woman |
| B．She believes money can grow on a tree now |
| C．She is a writer |
| D．She is hard-working in housekeeping |
| A．The author raised five children |
| B．The money tree was a Mother Day"s gift |
| C．It cost Marvin eight hours to dug up the bed |
| D．Children planted a weeping willow in the yard |
| A．My Money Tree | B．The Garden of My Children |
| C．Mother"s Love | D．Marvin"s Promise |
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